19 People Die In Kogi Road Accident

No fewer than nineteen people have died in an auto crash in the Okene area of Kogi State.

This was contained in a statement by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Corps Education Officer, Jonas Agwu, on Sunday in Abuja.

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He disclosed that the accident involved two vehicles, a truck and a Toyota Hiace bus coming from Kano State, adding that both vehicles collided.

He said twenty-two people, all male, were involved, but 19 of them were killed and one injured.

Agwu, however, said two other persons were rescued unhurt by FRSC operatives, adding that the bodies of the dead victims have been deposited at Okene General Hospital.

He said, “Emergency rescue teams of the Federal Road Safety Corps endured another over three hours of inferno in their bid to rescue road traffic victims at the scene of a fatal crash that claimed 19 lives on Sunday 28 April 2024 at Okene bypass, on the Okene-Lokoja highway in Kogi State.

“The impact of the collision resulted in a fire inferno that burnt the victims to death.”